As a result of an accident involving the Thalys high-speed train, hundreds of people spent Saturday night on a train in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
After cancellations and hour-long delays on the Thalys route from Brussels-Midi to Paris-Nord the day before, traffic resumed as normal on Saturday morning, the Belga news agency said, citing a Thalys spokeswoman. The high-speed trains also connect German cities such as Düsseldorf and Cologne with Brussels and Paris.
A Thalys collided with an animal near the western Belgian city of Tournai on Friday afternoon and was then unable to continue for hours due to a technical problem. According to Belga, six Thalys trains had to be canceled on the connection from Brussels to Paris. 700 to 800 of the passengers stranded in Brussels decided to spend the night on a train provided in order to continue their journey as early as possible the next morning. Other passengers spent the night in the hotel or went home.
According to the Thalys website, there were some slight delays on the route from Brussels to Paris on Saturday morning. However, some of the previous stops in Germany and the Netherlands were cancelled.
Thalys information on train connections
